A. Presentation: 'Clarifying Conceptual-Misconceptions'

B. Presentation:' Teaching for Conceptual Understanding in the PYP'

C. Presentation: ' The MYP Transdisciplinary Classroom and The Power of a Conceptual Lens

Where : Zayed University [For : KHDA partnership What works in Literacy]

Title: "How we use compelling questions to drive inquiry-based learning in the English and Arabic language classrooms at middle and high school stages"-

February 12th, 2013.

Audience: English and Arabic Teachers Middle/High School.

This presentation will draw on the element of compelling/guiding questions in the Structure of Knowledge in order to identify practical strategies for making the language classroom inquiry based and in leading student thinking from the factual to the conceptual level. # KHDA: Knowledge and Human Development Authority in Dubai Schools Inspection Bureau. [DSIB].

Where: Universal American School Dubai

Title: Leadership Roles for the Concept-based Curriculum

When:February 3rd and 4th, 2013.

Audience: Middle/High school teachers

This workshop is intended for anyone aspiring to assume leadership roles in mentoring and supporting concept based curriculum development. The workshop will explore/revisit the three powerful elements of the concept based classroom that help in developing powerful generalizations and compelling questions and more importantly to ensure that the concept based philosophy is practiced in every day teaching and learning.Participants will also reflect on supporting documents that facilitate leadership roles in lesson observation and teacher mentoring in regards to concept based teaching and learning.

The power of a Conceptual Lens in PYP interdisciplinary teaching

Where: GEMS World Academy (full day consultancy)

When: November 4th, 2012.

Audience : PYP teachers and classroom specialists

This full day workshop focused on enabling PYP teachers making connections across disciplines using the conceptual lens. The workshop also focused on enabling teachers refining and developing level 1, 2 and 3 generalizations for their current units of inquiry.

Title: Teaching for Conceptual Understanding- what does this mean?

When: August 26th, 2012.

Where: Universal American School, Dubai

Audience: New teachers being inducted into the conceptual curriculum
This presentation identified and explained the powerful elements of the concept based curriculum and addressed the needs of new teachers to identify concept based terminology and understand how to apply the same in everyday teaching and learning.

Title: Clarifying Misconceptions

When : August 28th, 2012.

Where: Universal American School, Dubai

Audience: Curriculum Leaders Middle/High School
This presentation aimed at clarifying some of the misconceptions in terms of understanding what a concept based curriculum means and how this can effectively be practiced in everyday teaching and learning. Interesting perspectives such as "we are Math teachers what do we have to do with conceptual understanding?" and "we hardly have time to teach what is needed for the course, where is the time to talk about concepts" were discussed so as to clear some of the myths around the concept based curriculum.